Music History Courses (MUH)

The following courses, numbered 5000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. Courses numbered 5000-6999 which are offered for undergraduate credit only may be found in the undergraduate bulletin, as well as all other undergraduate courses (numbered 0900-4999). Courses in the following list numbered 5000-6999 may be taken for undergraduate credit unless specifically restricted to graduate students as indicated by individual course limitations. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.

5300 Music Research. Cr. 3

Prereq: graduate standing in music or consent of instructor. Music bibliography and research techniques. (F)

5340 Survey of World Music. Cr. 3

Prereq: upper division or graduate standing. Musical expressions of five or six non-European cultures en route to a better understanding of the peoples themselves. Attention given to biases, culturally-determined learning patterns, and aesthetics. (F,W)

5350 Performance Literature and Pedagogy. Cr. 3

Prereq: performance major in music. Survey of solo and chamber repertoire from the Renaissance to the present, for students' major performance areas. (Y)

5360 (MUH 3360) Jazz History. Cr. 3

Open only to post bachelor and graduate students. Survey of major developments in jazz from its beginnings to the present. (F)

5370 Diction and Song Literature I. Cr. 3

Singers' diction in Italian, Latin, French and Spanish; methodologies, solo and chamber repertoire in these languages. (B)

5380 Diction and Song Literature II. Cr. 3

Prereq: MUH 5370. Singers' diction in German, Hebrew, Russian and English; methodologies, solo and chamber repertoire in these languages. (B)

5600 Survey of Music History. Cr. 3

Open only to senior level and graduate students. General overview of the development of ideas in music history from ancient times to the present. (F)

6310 Studies in African American Music. Cr. 3

Contributions of African Americans to the development of music in the United States. (Y)

6320 Advanced History of Opera. Cr. 3

Prereq: graduate standing, MUH 5300. Survey of opera, its history, development and literature; research paper required. (B)

6330 Advanced History of Oratorio. Cr. 3

Prereq: graduate standing; MUH 5300. Survey of oratorio, its history, development and literature; research paper required. (B)

7320 Studies in Renaissance Music. Cr. 3

Prereq: MUH 5300. Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, from Burgundian School through Palestrina. Special reports; research projects.
(B)

7330 Studies in Baroque Music. Cr. 3

Prereq: MUH 5300. From Monteverdi to 1750. Special reports; research projects. (B)

7340 Studies in Classical Music. Cr. 3

Prereq: MUH 5300. From 1750 to 1825. Special reports; research projects. (B)

7350 Studies in Romantic Music. Cr. 3

Prereq: MUH 5300. Nineteenth century. Special reports and research projects. (B)

7360 Studies in Twentieth Century Music. Cr. 3

Prereq: MUH 5300. Special reports and research projects. (B)

7370 Studies in Choral Literature. Cr. 3

Literature of various choral combinations from the Renaissance to the present; emphasis on stylistic characteristics and authenticity of performance. (Y)

7390 Graduate Jazz History. Cr. 3

Prereq: MUH 3360/5360. Continuation of MUH 5360. (Y)

7991 Directed Study in Music History. Cr. 3 (Max. 6)

Research investigations in historical musicology. (T)

8999 Master's Thesis Direction. Cr. 1-8 (8 req.)

Prereq: nine credits in graduate music history or nine credits in MUT 7100 and consent of adviser. Open only to master's candidates.
(T)